this has probably been mentioned before, but on the back of NPS there is a small mistake
track 5 is shoo bed ooh
track 7 is push it up
there is no track 6
anyone else noticed this?

There's no mistake on my copy...

track 5 - Shoo-Bed-Ooh
track 6 - Push It Up
track 7 - Freaks On This Side

Also interesting is the way they spelt judgement day on the back of 1999-The New Master...go check it out if yo have it..I know you can spell it judgement OR judgment day, depending on where you live ( USA or UK ) but jugdment day ??? At least on my version it says so.

Yup. The track listing on the back of my copy of NPS is all messed up. I listen to that album so infrequently, I didn't even notice this fact until a month ago.

i noticed that the numbering is off on that cd, too.

KoolEaze said:

Oh yeah! I'd never noticed that before (somebody forgot to spellcheck! )

Maybe it's a trademark/tradition kind of thing - "If it ain't got a typo, it ain't an NPG product!"

There's also a huge mistake on the cover of 1999!

Aerogram said:

Yeah, the mirror message actually says "the and Revolution"

Not to forget the travesty that is "Saxaphone" on the cover of NEWS.

MashedPotatoKid said:

yes, my friend's copy has the mistake, but mine doesn't.

sounds like the first batch had the typo, then they corrected it for subsequent runs.

I thought the whole of NPS was a mistake!

Marrk said:

BorisFishpaw said:

Isn't this because The Good Life (Big City Remix) was originally going to be on the NPS album as track 6? I know I've read this before, and if you read the back cover (and listen to the corresponding rap on the song NPS) it fits right there between Shoo-Be-Doo and Push It Up.

Mine has the 'typo', btw. I ordered mine from Amazon when it first came out.

I'm almost positive that I remember hearing that the first pressing was messed up but the rest were ok. However, I just recently purchased the New Power Pak with New Power Soul, Come 2 My House and GCS2000 and that copy of New Power Soul also had the same typo on the back cover. I'm guessing that there is a warehouse full of these cd's with the typo somewhere!

rialb said:

I bought one before the power pak was available and then I bought that too, Both copies have the error.

My copy of Rave Into The Joy Fantastic says "Unto" on the spines. I think that it was changed after the first pressing.

Interesting to note that Prince was selling Rave Into at the last Celebration for $15 bucks, with no artwork whatsoever. I'm sure that the CDs were supposed to be thrown out by the company that fucked up the packaging, but Prince probably said "Hold on just one minute there... I gots an idea!".

My NPS has the typo too.

BorisFishpaw said:

It amazes me that there were subsequent runs.

Of course, listening to that album gives me the subsequent runs.

Now Anxiety, you know very well there will come a time, maybe next winter...maybe late some night this summer, where you'll be listenin' to Freaks on This Side and makin' some nasty-ass cottage cheese concoction.

I've actually gotten to the point where I've been REALLY INTO the NPS album. That's how deep my sickness runs in my filthy, filthy blood.

The entire CD is a mistake...

BorisFishpaw said:

Shows you how much work and inspiration went into making "the new master".

Interesting that his worst CD's (NPS, rave and 1999 TNM) all have these sloppy mistakes.

But the album's not that bad!!!!

In fact, I think its one of his best.

squirrelgrease said:

Ummm...Rave Un2 and Rave In2 are different albums. In2 is a remix album and most of us received it free for joining the NPGMC.

lovemachine said:

But it was also for sale at The Celebrations...
I got a "Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic" without the error on the spine that I got through the club and one bought at the celebration (bought by a very sweet MPLS resident) which has the error on the spine ("Un2" intead of "In2" and has the tracklisting for "In2")...

Neversin.

BorisFishpaw said:

The BMG "store" release I have doesn't have the error but the "NewPowerPak" version does have the error...
I bet you got the "store" release?

Neversin.
[This message was edited Wed Mar 3 10:32:19 2004 by Neversin]

Neversin said:

I got this cd the morning of retail release with the error on back:You know how Prince sings that entire back cover during the title track? Where he sings "'The Good Life Yeah, we'll be livin" is where the the track # screw-up is, so it's probably NOT a screw-up at all! Rather, "The Good Life" was deleted after the packaging was all printed up.

"I be layin'phat claims to the booty, phat claims to the Newpower Booty"...

Neversin said:

My CD insert (that has the spines) for Rave Into has the correct track listing for Rave Into (with the remixes and Beautiful Strange). It's just the spines that have the title Rave "Unto".

It's the same piece of paper and has the sheep on the opposite side. NPG Records, no catalog number in a Jewel Case.

The Booklet is correct.